Sunday, March 13, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 2

It's another full week, beginning the normal pattern with a Friday game from...

Florida, as Orlando City SC hosts the Chicago Fire. Matt Lampson and Joe Bendik get the starts in goal. Orlando City struck first with a Cyle Larin goal in the fourth minute, set up by Kevin Molino. Chicago tied it on a fourteenth minute David Accam goal, via John Goossens. In the twenty-eighth minute, Matt Polster of the Fire had a yellow card for a foul. Chicago went to ten men in the thirty-second minute as Michael Harrington took a straight red card for his foul. In the sixty-second minute, Cristian Higuita of Orlando City received a yellow card for a foul. The Fire had a yellow card given to Joao Meira in the seventy-first minute for a foul. Orlando City saw Servando Carrasco get booked on a yellow card for a seventy-fifth minute foul. Chicago received a yellow card for an eighty-third minute Accam foul. Orlando City's Brek Shea had a yellow card for his foul in the ninetieth minute. The final stood at 1-1, with the man of the match being Lampson for going four for five in saves.

On Saturday, the New England Revolution welcome DC United. Travis Worra is mismatched with Bobby Shuttleworth in goal. In the twenty-sixth minute, Gershon Koffie of New England had a yellow card for a foul. DC had a yellow card for a foul by Luciano Acosta in first half stoppage time. United had yellow cards given to Sean Franklin in the fifty-sixth minute for dangerous play, Nick DeLeon in the sixty-fourth minute for a foul, and Marcelo Sarvas in the eighty-seventh minute for his foul. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

Up in Montreal, the Impact bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Evan Bush are the goalies. Dax McCarty of New York had a yellow card for his thirty-sixth minute foul. Montreal saw a yellow card for a fifty-second minute foul by Victor Cabrera. The Impact got going in the fifty-eighth minute with a Dominic Oduro goal, set up by Johan Venegas and Ignacio Piatti. Montreal added on with a Piatti goal in the seventy-first minute, helped along by Donny Toia. The Impact extended the lead in stoppage time as Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored, thanks to Harry Shipp and Eric Alexander. This made it 3-0, the final, with the man of the match being Oduro.

Out west, Real Salt Lake hosts the Seattle Sounders FC. Tyler Miller and Nick Rimando are in the six-yard boxes. Erik Friberg of Seattle had a yellow card for his thirteenth minute foul. The Sounders were first to score with an Osvaldo Alonso goal in the twenty-eighth minute. Seattle saw yellow cards for Zach Scott in the thirty-fifth minute and Joevin Jones in the thirty-eighth minute, both for fouls. Salt Lake tied it on a forty-third minute goal by Sunny, via Joao Plata. In the seventy-third minute, Kyle Beckerman took a yellow card for his foul for Real. Salt Lake took the lead in the eighty-sixth minute on a Jamison Olave goal, passed from Juan Manuel Martinez and Plata. The Sounders had a yellow card given to Clint Dempsey for an eighty-eighth minute foul. Salt Lake won 2-1, with the man of the match being Olave.

Nearby, the Colorado Rapids welcome the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Zach MacMath are the unimpressive goalies. In the forty-third minute, Los Angeles took a yellow card for a Steven Gerrard foul. Colorado saw a yellow card go to Marc Burch for a forty-fifth minute foul. The Galaxy had yellow cards for fouls by Daniel Steres in the fiftieth minute, Jelle Van Damme in the seventy-second minute, and Emmanuel Boateng in the eighty-second minute. The Rapids had a pair of yellow cards for Jared Watts' eighty-ninth minute dissent and a stoppage time foul from Kevin Doyle. Colorado dented the scoreboard in the fifth minute of stoppage time with a Marco Pappa goal. This made it a 1-0 win, with the man of the match being Pappa for the timely strike.

To the east, the Columbus Crew SC brings in the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Steve Clark receive the starting nods in goal. Philadelphia led off in first half stoppage time with a Chris Pontius goal. The Union took yellow cards for fouls by Fabinho in the fifty-sixth minute and Brian Carroll in the sixty-fifth minute. Philadelphia added on with a seventy-first minute Pontius goal. Columbus got on the board with a Kei Kamara goal in the eighty-seventh minute, via Mohammed Saeid. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the man of the match being Pontius for his brace.

In the south, a Texas Derby with the Houston Dynamo hosting FC Dallas is up. Jesse Gonzalez and Joe Willis man the nets. Houston began in the sixth minute with a David Horst goal, assisted by Andrew Wenger. In the thirteenth minute, Dallas' Matt Hedges put the ball in his own net to add to the Dynamo lead. Atiba Harris of Dallas took a yellow card for a twenty-first minute foul. Houston extended the lead as Ricardo Clark scored in the twenty-third minute, thanks to Wenger. The Dynamo padded the lead with a Wenger goal. In the thirty-second minute, Raul Rodriguez of Houston had a yellow card, followed by Dallas' Carlos Gruezo a minute later and the Dynamo's Wenger a minute after that, all of the bookings being for fouls. Dallas had a forty-third minute yellow card for a Maynor Figueroa foul. In the eightieth minute, Houston took a yellow card for a Boniek Garcia foul. The Dynamo capped it at 5-0 with an eighty-fifth minute Will Bruin goal, set up by Leonel Miranda.

Wrapping up the big day, Sporting Kansas City welcomes the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Tim Melia are the gloved men. Kansas City opened in the fifth minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal. Vancouver had yellow cards for Octavio Rivero in the thirty-sixth minute and Kendall Waston in the thirty-eighth minute, both for fouls. Sporting added on in the forty-first minute with a Dwyer goal, set up by Chance Myers and Graham Zusi. In first half stoppage time, the Whitecaps lost a man as Jordan Smith's foul drew a straight red card. Jordi Quintilla of Kansas City took a yellow card for a fifty-first minute foul. Vancouver got on the board with a seventieth minute Pedro Morales penalty kick goal. This only made it 2-1, the final, with Dwyer named man of the match.

On Sunday, the first of two games has New York City FC bringing in Toronto FC. Clint Irwin and Josh Saunders will be between the posts. In the twenty-fourth minute, New York City's David Villa scored on a penalty kick goal to start the scoring. New York City added on with a twenty-eighth minute goal from Villa, courtesy of Mix Diskerud. Toronto got on the board with a Damien Perquis goal in first half stoppage time, via Sebastian Giovinco. Federico Bravo of New York City took a yellow card for persistent infringement in the fifty-second minute. Toronto tied it in the seventy-sixth minute with a Giovinco goal, assisted by Will Johnson. In the eighty-ninth minute, Mikey Lopez of New York City got booked on a yellow card for a foul. Ashtone Morgan of Toronto had a yellow card for his foul in the ninetieth minute. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Villa the man of the match for his brace.

Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes host the Portland Timbers. Adam Larsen Kwarasey and David Bingham protect the nets. San Jose drew first blood in the thirtieth minute with a Chris Wondolowski goal, via Anibal Godoy and Kip Colvey. The Earthquakes added on with a first half stoppage time goal by Quincy Amarikwa. San Jose saw a yellow card for a Victor Bernardez foul in the sixty-fourth minute. Portland got on the board with an eighty-ninth minute goal from Jack McInerney, courtesy of Nat Borchers and Jermaine Taylor. The Earthquakes' goalie Bingham took a yellow card in second half stoppage time for time wasting. The final was 2-1 for San Jose, with the man of the match being Amarikwa for the winner.

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